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A Calgary man is accused of stealing from more than 1,000 people in an alleged $164-million Ponzi scheme over the course of four years. RCMP say a 49-year-old man was arrested on July 31 and charged with two counts of fraud and money laundering for alleged activities involving his company, Black Box Management.Police say between March 2020 and April 2024 while he was representing himself as a one-man investment firm, the accused allegedly received funds from Black Box investors on the understanding that he would use the money for day trading.Investors would then allegedly receive fabricated updates about the performance…

JioHotstar, the streaming platform controlled by Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, is taking its brand outside India for the first time and will replace Hotstar in the UK, Canada, and Singapore as it begins a wider global push. The streaming service will launch with more than 160,000 hours of entertainment content but without the live sports that have helped drive its massive audience in India, including the Indian Premier League (IPL), Women’s Premier League (WPL), and Indian national cricket matches. JioStar said it is not offering sports at launch because of existing content deals, but did not rule out adding them…

Manchester City have completed the signing of Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea in a deal that equals the British record. Fernandez arrives at the Etihad Stadium for a fee of £125million, matching the amount Liverpool paid Newcastle United for Alexander Isak last summer. As was the case with that deal, City’s pursuit of Fernandez went right to the last day of the window, but it has ended with them getting the final piece of the puzzle in terms of the revamp of their midfield. Fernandez becomes City’s ninth signing of the summer and the third midfielder they have added to their…

Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.The Alberta government has apologized after an updated version of Premier Danielle Smith’s statement commemorating the province’s 121st birthday was issued with the original statement’s reference to Indigenous peoples removed.“We recognize the Indigenous Peoples whose enduring connection to and stewardship of this land continues to shape Alberta,” reads the original statement, issued Tuesday at about 10 a.m. MT.The updated version, issued about an hour later, omits that reference. There…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The term “intrapreneur” describes entrepreneurial behavior inside established organizations by high-performing individuals and executives. They have lots of the same characteristics as a business owner: They innovate at scale, manage stakeholder ecosystems and balance agility with governance. You, as a business owner, can’t do everything. It’s important to have intrapreneurs on staff who you can trust to share the workload and responsibility. For decades, the word “entrepreneurial” has been almost exclusively reserved for business owners who chase lofty ideas and put their personal finances on the line. That image, popularized…

NASA announced today that it has awarded Blue Origin the contract to develop the Mars Telecommunications Network. The company has taken a deal worth potentially $700 million to create a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter for the agency by December 31, 2028. Once operational, the orbiter will transmit “science data, imagery, navigation information, and critical mission communications for spacecraft operating on and around the planet.” The space agency is using its Artemis program to explore the moon. Progress has been slow but resulted in a successful human crewed mission earlier this year, and those missions will serve as preparation to eventually send…

Mexico has opened a new specialized archery training center in Tijuana as it builds its Olympic program toward Los Angeles 2028 and prepares to host the archery World Cup Final this month in Saltillo, Coahuila. The Centro de Excelencia de Tiro con Arco, or Archery Center of Excellence, opened Saturday under the auspices of the federal sports commission Conade, the Baja California government, the state’s sports institute and World Archery Mexico. Mexican archers won a Bronze Medal at the 2024 Olympic Games, a Gold at the 2025 World Archery Championships and seven overall medals, including two Golds, at the 2026…

A man convicted of killing a teenage girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends was put to death Tuesday in the first of three executions planned this month in Florida.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that 19 of the members of the G20 agreed to address streams of “cheap exports” that cause global economic imbalances, but China dissented.

Filipe Espósito for Engadget Customizing the look of iOS is a good way to make your iPhone more fun and unique. You could already do this by changing your wallpaper, icon style and, as of iOS 26, even the intensity and translucency of the (somewhat unpopular) Liquid Glass effect. But there was one set of customization options where Apple was falling behind competitor apps, and that was Messages. While most messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp — and even chat functions within apps like Instagram — already offered different themes to…